2010 Fantasy Outlook

What will Pete Carroll’s offense bring? In 2009, Carlson was often asked to stay inside and block which prevented him from putting up better numbers. This year, the new regime is raving about Carlson’s athleticism and how well he’ll do lining up all over the field (even as a WR). We’ve all been burned by July/August coach-speak, though. If they let this guy loose, we could see two breakout TEs on the west coast (Zach Miller in Oakland is the other). If not, you’ll be pissed that you kept starting a good player over less-sexy but greater producing alternatives.

The Green Bay Packers have interest in free-agent tight end John Carlson (Minnesota).

Pyro's take: John Carlson has been a dud since leaving the Seattle Seahawks, and with Kyle Rudolph already at tight end, there is no desperate need for Carlson, especially on a team with an absentee for a quarterback.

Carlson has had some success, his rookie year he totaled 55 receptions for 627 yards and five touchdowns, and if he landed in Lambeau, I'm sure Aaron Rodgers would make sure he felt very comfortable in the passing game.

Other teams such as the Arizona Cardinals and New York Jets have shown interest in the veteran, but passing over Rodgers for Geno Smith and Carson Palmer, may not be the best career move for John Carlson.

He put up stellar numbers mostly catching balls from Seneca Wallace as Hasselbeck went down for most of the year. He is now playing in Greg Knapp's TE friendly offensive scheme and could be primed to breakout according to Times' beat writer Danny O'neill.

Pyro's take: We've been reading this consistently throughout camp. We are going to give him a bump. Hasselbeck has not traditionally been a guy who targets his TE, but that also could be in part due to Holmgren's version of the WCO over the years.

Seattle Seahawks TE John Carlson, as a rookie last year, led the Seahawks with 55 receptions for 627 yards. Granted that not a single member of the receiving corps was healthy enough to put up any significant type of numbers, but this year, new OC Greg Knapp will be implementing a West coast offense that should keep Carlson involved enough to possibly surpass his gaudy statistics from last year.

Pyro's take: Knapp got Alge Crumpler to average 61 receptions over his last two years in Atlanta, and got young Zach Miller to put up 56 catches for 778 yards last year, so maybe Carlson exceeding his stats from last year isn't out of the question. Either way, Carlson is a good, young, talented TE that fantasy players should be keeping an eye on this year.